Northern lowlands specialties

Birding break

We begin our West Papuan birding adventure with a relaxed
day's birding in open country around Lake Sentani in the northern lowlands
near Jayapura, where we foremost hope to find two rare and localized grassland
finches. Early next morning, we set out to our secluded Muaib jungle camp
in pristine alluvial lowland forest for a four days' exploration of its
rich and colorful lowland forest avifauna. A man-sized cassowary, two
megapodes, seven dazzling forest kingfishers, a profusion of parrots,
the world's largest pigeon, and a whopping six species of bird-of-paradise
await the intrepid and careful observer here. This is New Guinea lowland
birding at its best!

When?

Possible year-round, but most certainly best
from June to November.

Scheduled departures

Please enquire for details on our upcoming departures.

Physical effort

Reasonable physical fitness and good agility are required
for this tour which plies some challenging terrain.

I enjoyed our trip
so much, not just because of Iwein's
great birding skills and the way that he always
made sure that I was going to get
up that awful trail or over
that even worse bridge, and Like's
great cooking and organizational skills
- but also that you are just such
very pleasant people to be with.Elaine Allison, USA